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Resources from/for Online Session(s) Session I - December 7, 2005 Questions for discussion 1. Assessment Pressure 2. Over-Tested? 3. More (over?)active
boards? Quotes from campus senior administrators 1. Because faculty members often worry that administrators have too much authority, they have a tendency to latch on to every possible decision, no matter how small, seeking to have maximum impact on those decisions, down to the microscopic level. Often it occurs that faculty say “no” to something simply on the ground of who is making the decision and on what basis. There is a fear of letting even the smallest matter go by, as if doing so will indicate weakness or an abdication of the faculty role. 2. It’s often a small subset of the faculty that engages in shared governance. One-third of the faculty could attend faculty meetings, and it’s almost always the same people who attend. A large proportion of the faculty refuse to participate in governance committees. It’s less than ideal when you have only the usual suspects on the governance committees, investing enormous amounts of time, cycling in and out through the years. 3. Budgetary decisions are the levers through which a college’s core educational values translate into specific actions. Virtually every institution has a budget committee… often these budget committees prove to be less effective than they might, however. The committee’s time too often gets consumed in considerations of minor matters, and a great deal of time may be spent getting new faculty members on the committee up to speed. Sometimes the work of the budget committee suffers from the lack of a broader context for making decisions…” So much time is invested for so little purpose. |
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